ahh it's good to read about this, my friend was just asking me the other day were the open air baths used to be in S/Shields.
Blow the quaser crap up and reinstate the pool, NT Council have made a complete balls up of Tynemouth open air baths by filling it with boulders, that combined with the ever rusting railings makes it a bloody eye sore..
I wish they'd renovate it properly and us hard Norveners could take a dip in it again..(bobbing around the dead flies and dog ends)

happy memories of being with my mam and nana sitting on the steps as I screamed "Maaammm watch us dive in"

when anyone asks you to name the parks in South Shields who ever thinks of adding the dell at Cleadon ? South Shields very own secret park that seem to be in a bit of a time warp, below is a photo of the park in its hayday many moons ago and below is picture from around that area today

this is a photo of the old police phone at whiteleas, i think its the only one left in the town as far as i know, and i guess that there will not be many left in the country as these phones were put on housing estates before most people could afford to own their own telephone in the house, it should be rescued and sent to a musem before if rusts away to nothing